Billing Road 'one-way street' plan will impact Northampton's A&E and traffic problems, say councillors A plan to turn a main Northampton road into a one-way street has sparked a mixed reaction from the town's councillors. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Chart of the week: What effect will the return to schools and universities have on infection outbreaks this autumn? As children return to schools this week and universities prepare to open their doors later this month, we look back at national reporting of acute respiratory infection outbreaks to see what previously happened in schools and educational settings – and discuss whether Covid-19 might have unpredictable effects on historical trends. Nuffield Trust
Number of Northamptonshire care home beds at record low The number of care home beds available to elderly people in Northamptonshire hit a record low in March, new figures reveal.
Care home representatives and charities warn vulnerable people could be put at risk without more funding to increase capacity in the sector across England, which has been strained by Covid-19. Northamptonshire Telegraph
Kettering primary school pupils told to self-isolate after positive Covid-19 test Pupils in a bubble at a Kettering primary school have been told to remain at home after a positive coronavirus test in one person.
Grange Primary Academy in Jean Road, Kettering, emailed parents this morning (Wednesday, September 9) to say pupils in a Year 1 bubble should stay at home until Friday, September 19. Northamptonshire Telegraph
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Half of British voters think PM will still include NHS in trade deals Almost half of British voters do not believe Boris Johnson’s claim that the NHS is “off the table” in trade deals, a new poll has found.
And the survey by pollsters Survation found that three-quarters (75 per cent) want specific protections for the NHS to be written into law in the Trade Bill, which has its second reading in the House of Lords today. The Independent
